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ONTAP MetroCluster

Choosing the correct installation procedure for your configuration

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You must choose the correct installation procedure based on whether you are using FlexArray LUNs and how the storage controllers connect to storage shelves.

workflow select your metrocluster configuration stretch

For this installation type…​

Use these procedures…​

Two-node stretch configuration with FC-to SAS bridges

  1. Cabling a two-node bridge-attached stretch MetroCluster configuration

  2. Configuring the MetroCluster software in ONTAP

Two-node stretch configuration with direct-attached SAS cabling

  1. Cabling a two-node SAS-attached stretch MetroCluster configuration

  2. Configuring the MetroCluster software in ONTAP

Installation with array LUNs

Connections in a stretch MetroCluster configurations with array LUNs